If or when a need for AP Latin American History is established, Dosal and members of ENLACE have offered to help create the curriculum and exam. He realizes the process is in its infancy and that the timing may be off to push for a new course.
The College Board estimates it invested 400 percent more resources for AP Italian Language and Culture than it originally committed. But the lack of interest and participation from schools, teachers and students means the 2009 exam for AP Italian Language and Culture will be the last, unless external partners come forward with additional funding.
The 2009 AP exam will also be the last for French Literature, Latin Literature and Computer Science AB.
Despite the course cuts, Dosal says ENLACE will proceed — cautiously.
“It will probably take a few years, but we’ll keep on it. We’ve sunk our teeth into it, and we’ll keep them in,” Dosal says.
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